Understanding Einstein's 1905 derivation of E=mc^2

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2010.11.001MaRDI QIDQ652836zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors N. David Mermin

Publication date 17 December 2011

Published in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2010.11.001

zbMATH Keywords

EinsteinenergymassOhanian

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of relativity and gravitational theory (83-03)

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